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Reading Rumi in the West: The burden of Coleman Barks

A few months ago, I wrote an article titled The Erasure of Islam from the works of Rumi from English translations. This was in response to countless queries I was receiving to recommend a reliable translation, ideally one that was not by Coleman Barks. The response to this will always be the translations by Jawid…

Reading Rumi – The Erasure of Islam from Rumi

Poetry is dead, at least in the West. The Poetry genre barely moves any books each year but one man is an exception – Rumi. But if you have read Rumi in English, chances are high you have read an interpretation of his poetry that has this Muslim saints faith entirely removed.